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Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)

G11/03/2010Documentary1h 30m
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Humanity's Lost Masterpiece... in 3D

Overview

Werner Herzog gains exclusive access to film inside the Chauvet caves of Southern France, capturing the oldest known pictorial creations of humankind in their astonishing natural setting.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Werner Herzog

    Narrator (voice)

  2. Cast 1

    Dominique Baffier

    Self

  3. Cast 1

    Jean Clottes

    Self

  4. Cast 1

    Jean-Michel Geneste

    Self

  5. Michel Philippe

    Self

  6. Gilles Tosello

    Self

  7. Carole Fritz

    Self

  8. Maria Malina

    Self

  9. Nicholas Conard

    Self

There is little preamble to Cave of Forgotten Dreams. No attempt to graft a larger narrative (indeed, a narrative at all) on the picture, no lengthy introductions of the cast of scientists, archaeologists, and filmmakers with whom you'll spend the next hour and a half. The credits are quick and unadorned, and over them, the unique and unmistakable voice of director Werner Herzog intones, in his inimitable manner, the discovery of Chauvet Cave of southern France. The story is straightforward: a group exploring the area came across the cave, which had been long closed off from a rockslide. Th...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget-

Revenue $6,467,348.00

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